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An appreciation of Andrew Dearing, Secretary General of the European Industrial Research Management Association for 10 years.

The euphoria of winning the bid has worn off. Now the hard work begins for three pioneering consortia chosen by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

The OECD has set out its new Innovation Strategy, providing a policy tool it says will help countries to build a “sustainable and job-rich recovery”.

China’s new Nebulae Supercomputer has moved to the number two spot, on the tail of the world’s most powerful computer, Jaguar, based at the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Germany’s Fraunhofer centres are to set up a joint project centre in Asia, based at the Centre for Advanced Media Technology in Singapore.

Thoughts have turned to shaping Framework Programme 8. Here, Stijn Delauré and Laura Keustermans of the League of European Research Universities make their recommendations.

Innovation may rest on R&D, but it takes place in a far bigger and more diverse context, says the UK’s new science minister, David Willetts.